"He’s stretching the first day and tweaks his knee, tweaks his knee to where it needs to have work done," Weis said. "You, together with the kid, have to make a judgment.

"If you have to have work done, it might cost you most if not all of the season. If you don’t have work done, you might be able to play, but you might not be able to play, and then you’ll have cost yourself a couple of months with having a procedure done."

Because Jenkins-Moore has a redshirt year available, Weis said, there was no hurry to make a decision. Jenkins-Moore ultimately elected to have surgery, though Weis isn’t ruling out the possibility that he could play at some point this season.

"Is he gone for the year? I can’t tell you that for sure," Weis said. "But because of the fact that he’s got three years to play two years, it makes your decision different than if you have two years to play two years. Now you’re not going to rush."

SLATER SLATED TO COMPETE — It’s not typical for a program to pick up a starting offensive lineman in July, but that could be a possibility if El Camino (Calif.) College transfer Pearce Slater arrives on campus as scheduled.

Slater joined KU’s recruiting class earlier this month after finding out he had the credits to complete his junior college degree. His final juco exam is scheduled for Aug. 8, the day of KU’s first practice, and Weis said getting in shape will be Slater's biggest priority.

"They say 340 (pounds)," Weis said. "If he’s 340, I’m 150. I think he’s a big, big man. I think the one thing he’ll have to do is not be as big."

As a late addition, Slater signed a non-binding financial aid agreement with the Jayhawks. Weis still expects KU’s recruiting class to report in full, though some players might arrive after the start of fall camp.

"We have other guys that are finishing the first week in August, and then we’ve got a couple stragglers that will come in after reporting date," he said. "That’s the nature of the beast. When you’re bringing that many junior college kids in one year, you’re going to be dealing with a little bit of that."

HARWELL STILL IN LIMBO — Weis had no update on the status of wide receiver Nick Harwell, who has been fighting to complete his degree at Miami (Ohio) in order to play immediately at KU.

"It’s really nothing that we can control," Weis said. "It’s between him and his former university. Here’s the one thing I do know: He’ll be coming to us in August, and he’ll have two years to play one. That’s his status."

Harwell was suspended by Miami after a March arrest, his fifth in three years at the school. Unless the suspension is lifted, the record-setting wideout will spend next season on the sideline in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.

A redshirt year might not be a bad thing for Harwell, Weis said.

"If he wants an opportunity to play on Sunday, there are some issues off the field that we can get straightened out that will only help him in the long run," Weis said.

"Do I hope he’s a go for this year? You betcha. If he’s not, we’ve already got a plan in place."

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